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Ohhh wow thanks Fred and Bill thanks nine years and doing well
Thanks Caroline I don't think I'll make 30 more years but it's reassuring to know
@Dave no problem here getting my blood tests done at my doctor's surgery
I had a problem in April when they weren't doing routine tests but they started again in June and it's been fine ever since I have the test with the nurse in the morning and the Doctor rings me with the lymphocyte count the same evening
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I am having difficulty getting my blood done.
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(Fri-01-01-2021, 22:47 PM)D Foster Wrote: I am having difficulty getting my blood done.
don't you get you're s done at your doctors surgery Dave
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(Fri-01-01-2021, 22:53 PM)jiml Wrote: [quote='D Foster' pid='202929' dateline='1609537671']
I am having difficulty getting my blood done.
don't you get you're s done at your doctors surgery Dave
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but the dermatologist is private at the Spire so they are not directly connected to the NHS system do it don't know how they contact my GP but our NHS in general here never has run very well.
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(Fri-01-01-2021, 22:59 PM)D Foster Wrote: (Fri-01-01-2021, 22:53 PM)jiml Wrote: (Fri-01-01-2021, 22:47 PM)D Foster Wrote: I am having difficulty getting my blood done.
don't you get you're s done at your doctors surgery Dave
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but the dermatologist is private at the Spire so they are not directly connected to the NHS system do it don't know how they contact my GP but our NHS in general here never has run very well.
That's a shame Dave for me it's always worked well and my results are at the hospital with the dermatologist the next day I always request a copy of my results so I can look at the state of my blood and see liver and kidney function as well. With you it's probably the mix of private and NHS that causes the problem
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(Sat-02-01-2021, 00:27 AM)jiml Wrote: (Fri-01-01-2021, 22:59 PM)D Foster Wrote: (Fri-01-01-2021, 22:53 PM)jiml Wrote: (Fri-01-01-2021, 22:47 PM)D Foster Wrote: I am having difficulty getting my blood done.
don't you get you're s done at your doctors surgery Dave
[/quotyes
but the dermatologist is private at the Spire so they are not directly connected to the NHS system do it don't know how they contact my GP but our NHS in general here never has run very well.
That's a shame Dave for me it's always worked well and my results are at the hospital with the dermatologist the next day I always request a copy of my results so I can look at the state of my blood and see liver and kidney function as well. With you it's probably the mix of private and NHS that causes the problem
No Jim they are just all rubbish around here. The NHS pay anyway.
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Good news Jim
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Glad you're treatments are going well and still working!
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Thanks both Kats
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Just a brief update on my health as I've just had a telephone consultation with my dermatogist and he was happy with my report to him that there was virtually no change to my psoriasis and still have the small bits of psoriasis in my scalp
So the decision was made to continue my skilarence tablets at 5 a day supplemented with enstilar which should be delivered with my tablets in the next few days
The last can which I have just finished had an expiry date of 2019 so you can tell I don't use much of it
My lymphocyte counts are staying not too bad
January 1.15
February 0.95
Beginning March 0.92
Although showing a downward trend its staying above the worry zone and depending on next months figures l decide whether its time to reduce the dose a bit.... But I'm hopeful it will be higher next time
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